Quentin Blake has illustrated the tale of Mrs Pratchett and the dead mouse Roald Dahl's run-in with her and a dead mouse as a boy inspired some of his most horrible characters but, as his ...

In his memoir Dahl recalled various childhood exploits, including playing a prank with his friends on the local sweetshop owner Mrs Pratchett by putting a dead mouse in a gobstopper jar.

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The fabled Mrs Pratchett was immortalised by Roald Dahl as "a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip, little piggy eyes and a mouth as sour as green gooseberry". But her sweetshop ...

“He and his friends used to call at Mrs Pratchett’s Sweet Shop fascinated by the delights in there. “The shop was run by this lady, Mrs Pratchett, and her two scrawny daughters who were ...

Roald Dahl's run-in with her and a dead mouse as a boy inspired some of his most horrible characters but, as his centenary is celebrated across the country, who was the infamous Mrs Pratchett?

Roald Dahl's run-in with her and a dead mouse as a boy inspired some of his most horrible characters, but who was the infamous Mrs Pratchett?